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THE YUKON SUN.
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VOLUME XVI
YUKON, CANADIAN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1808.
CARL ERICH-BAD MAN
Loads Up on Booze and Tries to Un-
load Shot Gun in Officer's
Anatomy.
Carl Ulrich, well known to the
people of this section, having
lived northwest of town for
many years, but now a citizen of
El Reno, tried to shoot Officer
Cowden of the El Reno police
one night last week and was in
turn shot by Cowden but not
seriously injured. The following
account of the melee we clip
from the El Reno Democrat:
At a late hour last night a
phone message called Policeman
A. A. Cowden to the home of
Carl Ulrich, at 109 South Iloff.
The message stated that Ulrich
was drunk and raising trouble at
home. Officer Cowden hurried
to the house, and he says he
heard people scuffling in the
front room. Then he heard
some one passing through the
rooms, and some one called to
him to go to the back door. Me
did so, and just as he got to the
back porch Ulrich stepped out
at the door, with a shotgun in
hand. Cowden asked what the
trouble was, and was answered
with the remark, "I'll show you,
you —  and
Ulrich drew down upon the
officer with the shotgun. Just
then Cowden turned loose with
his revolver, and the shotgun
was fired at the same time.
Cowden escaped unhurt, but the
ball from his revolver struck the
barrel of Ulrich's gun passed
through Ulrich's left thumb and
struck him in the right breast,
followed the third rib around
and came out under his right
arm. Ulrich staggered back into
the house, and Cowden phoned
for more men. Chief of Police
McCartney and Officers Stone-
man and Mayfield responded.
At first Ulrich declined to come
out, and as he was in a dark
room armed with a shotgun the
time for arbitration had arrived.
Finally he came out and sur-
rendered. He was taken to the
city jail, and Dr. Fitzgerald,
city physician, was summoned
to attend to him. The doctor
says that his wounds are not
necessarily dangerous, if he can
have proper treatment.
Right here comes in the
strange feature of the case. Ul-
rich was supposed to be safely
locked in jail, but at 3:30 this
morning the jail door was found
open, and Ulrich had disap-
peared. He must have gone
away bare-headed and bare-
footed as his hat and slippers
were found in the jail. Mace
Powers, who closed the door to
the cells, says that he is positive
that he locked* it, "and how Ul-
rich made his escape has not yet
been learned. A systematic
search for the man is being
made today.
Later in the day Officer
McCartney found Ulrich at home
and arrested him upon a war-
rant charging him with assault
with intent to kill.—El Reno
Democrat, (July 8.)
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Will Commence Killing Dogs.
Today the time expires in
which all dog owners had to pay
their dog tax and tomorrow Mar-
shal Kennedy will start a cam-
paign of extermination on un-
tagged canines. Only a small
per cent of the dog owners have
paid the tax and if the marshal
kills all the untagged ones there
won't be enough dogs left in Yu-
kon to make a decent noise.
Ccarablc
Bruce Ott, the vitrolie editor of the
Yukon Sun, is tearing up a good deal
of earth in the political pasture.
When Bruce goes to bat you can ex-
pect a few base hits or at least some
three-baggers. —El Reno Democrat.
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Diopcnsavy
Death of P. R. Rains.
We print the following ac-
count of the death of P. R.
Raines, one of the early pioneers
of this section of Oklahoma and
well known here, which occured
at Altoona, Kans.
Peter Richard Rains was born
on the 21st day of November,
1834 in Yorkshire, England, and
came to America at the age of
16 years, settling at Toronto,
Canada.
After a few years he moved
to Orange, Illinois at which
place he was enlisted as private
in the 7th Illinois Volunteer
Cavalry, Company D. on the 10th
day of August 1861. He was; Justice Montrief of El Reno has
mustered out October 15th, 1864 been appointed dispensary agent for
and re-enlisted shortly after- Canadian county and will soon be ready
j , . vi. i , .i to fill prescriptions, provided, that the
ward, being discharged at the , .. in- . n
e physicians ot this county will write
Close or war. said prescriptions. The El Reno phy-
In the year 1866 he was mar- sicians say they will not write pre-
ried to Martha E. Morris and to1 scriptions for booze and the Yukon
this union seven children were
born, all of whom are living.
Moving from Illinois he came
to Cherokee county, Kansas, re-
siding there until the opening of
Oklahoma in 1889 when he filed
on a claim and followed the oc-
cupation of a farmer until his
second marriage which was Jan-
uary 3, 1903, to Mrs. Elizabeth
George, who survives him.
Two years later he moved to
Altoona where he resided at the
time of his death, June 25, 1908.
He was a member of the G. A.
R. and Odd Fellow orders, hav-
ing joined the latter order early
in life at Toronto, Canada.
He has been connected with
the Methodist Episcopal church
for forty years, and has been de-
voted to his chnrch; always at
prayer meeting when able to at-
tend, and seldom aLsent from
the preaching services. His last1
MIXED * PICKLES
PUT UP BY THE SUN MAN
physicians say the same.
Montrief has his oflice in the base
ment of the county court house and Mulvey liros.,
may open up his dispensary there if 1 * ran'{ Kroutil
there is no objection filed.
(Heeds V9. Religion
Labor Omnia Vuicit
United Press Report.
New York, July 13. — The first test
vote of the campaign taken by the
Central Federated Union central body
of organized labor, showed Bryan 55.
Debs 11, Taft and Hearst 1 each. The
platforms were discussed and it was
shown that a large majority favored
the democratic declarations.
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HutcmobUcs
"Like the driving of Jehu, the son
of Nimshe: for he drivetli furiously."
—Old Testament.
Frank Kroutil has a ne<v Buick tour-
ing car. This makes four automobiles
for Yukon and two are owned by farm-
ers residing near town. Sam Carson,
Jno. F. Kroutil and
are the automobile
owners in Yukon and Will Thompson
and A. S. Perry who live northwest
of town each own one of the chug
wagons. Automobiles call for better
roads, and the day is not far distant
when they will be a part of the equip-
ment of nearly every farm.
F. M. Colville, the soprano voiced
religion fakir who runs the Mustang
Enterprise, arises from his knees long
enough to inquire about the tall weeds
in The Sun editor's wild oat's patch.
Colville is a near preacher who has j
been kicked out of four or five pulpits j, , , , .
. , , . ,. ,. , long sleep looking fresu as a daisy and
just as soon as his congregations found , , . , ,, , ,
out that he didn't have any more real
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Bad; to Sleep
Rip Van Winkle returned from his
religion in his anatomy than a Digger
Indian. Colville started oat as a1
Catholic and has been jumping ever j
since from pulpit to pulpit with the j
agility of a chimpanzee. He is now
tuning his lyre (or liar) for the Chris- \
tian church at Tuttle. After they take
his measure his final flop will probably
be to the Holy Rollers.
Yes, Colville, our wild oats patch*
may contain some tall weeds, but
when the harvest time comes we won't
service was at the Opera House; be found wearing the
last Sunday week, at which ser- religious hypocrite.
vice he bore testimony to the
goodness of God and his faith in
Jesus Christ. And, now he has
gone to join that innumerable
company of the redeemed.
We shall cherish his memory
mask of
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Drunkenness
his
"Drunkenness is nothing else than a
voluntary madness" —Seneca.
On Easter Sunday a bunch of fellows
and endeavor to emulate
noble qualities as a citizen. took possession of the old Faris build-
The funeral was held from the inS an<* using that as a storm center!
Methodist Episcopal church at made th/V^ h,[a,nous wi* ™uch
, T noise and the use of large mouth-filling
10 a. m. Saturday, June 27, con- oaths
made his way to the village barber
shop, not only because he needed a
haircut and shave but niso because he
wished to catch up with the news.
"Let's see," said he to the barber
after he was safely tucked in the chair,
"I've been asleep twenty years,
haven't I?"
"Yep," replied the tonsorial artist."
"Have I missed much?"
"Nope, Oklahoma is a prohibition
state."
"Are all the weeds cut?"
"Not a weed."
"Dogs all tagged?"
"Nope."
"Alleys cleaned up?"
"Nope."
"High school built?"
"Nope."
"Rock Island run on time now?"
"Nope."
"Colville quit writing poetry?"
"Nope."
"Murray through making speeches?"
"Nope."
"Well say," said Rip, rising up in
the chair, "never mind shaving the
    shots were fired and other side of my face. I'm going back
ducted by his pastor, Rev. G. B. j eventually some of the hilarious Sons jto sleeP agal11,
Mehl, assisted by Rev. Rives, of ; of Bacchus found their way to the j
the Congregational church, and , street where they gave a degrading j
Rev. Dunham of the Presby- Seal of the State
tenan church. The Odd I1 ellow roarghai. a constable was in town
lodge and the G. A. R. Post of but did not attempt to stop the racket. ln thc center 3ha11 be a five P°,nted
Altoona had charge at the grave Public sentiment was aroused however sJ-ar  w't'1 one ray directed upward,
where each of these orders with ! and in (llle course of time warrants for 1 he center of the star shall contain the
the Rdjekah lodge bor^StT *ve were issued from the county court. centra, device of the sea, of the Ter-
„ ,, . , .. - . | Two of them fled the country, and the
mony of their devotion for their ot|ler three were arraigned in county
departed brother, too, in a beau- court Monday charged with drunken-
tiful and touching manner ness and disturbing the peace. They
Rev. Mehl offered a word of were tried and acquitted by the jury,
prayer and the congregation re- The facts *s alleged in the complaint
, ... , were not proven beyond a reasonable
turned to their home with heavy doubt
hearts.
Two sons and two daughters
from Oklahoma were present at1
their father's death and attended The Band
the funeral.
o-   J The new instruments for the Yukon
Poison in Bootleg Booze. band arrived Monday and were dis-
r, , „, , limn played for a time at the Model Drug
Sapulpa, Okla., July . . gjore Eight new instruments of the
E. Cunningham, one of the ]atest workmanship compose the lot
leading stockmen of the district and they represent a value of over
and a resident of this city for $400. Some of the members of the
years, was a victim of "doped" l,alld ha<1 instruments but the new
ones were needed. The band is going
ritory of Oklahoma, including the
words, "Labor Omnia Vincit." The
upper left hand ray shall contain the
symbol of the ancient seal of the
Cherokee Nation, namely: A seven
pointed star partially surrounded by a
wreath of oak leaves. The ray di-
rected upward shall contain the sym-
bol of the ancient seal of the Chick-
asha Nation, namely: An Indian
warrior standing upright with bow and
shield. The lower left hand ray shall
contain the symbol of the ancient
seal of the Creek Nation, namely:
whiskey yesterday and died in
agony at his room in the Frisco
Rooming House.
A sheaf of wheat and a plow. The
. upper right hand ray shall contain the
right ahead with the.r practice and symbol of ^ an<.jent aea, Qf fte
Choctaw Nation, namely: A toma-
hawk, bow, and three crossed arrows
will be ready before a great while to
give concerts. The business men and
I Mr. Cunningham was widely j citizens of Yukon should stand ready The lower right hand ray 'shaU contain
known through the Southwest, t0 he,P the baml boya m every way the symbol of the ancient seal of the
! and was a very loilV congenial comP'c'e organization an ell gemjno]e Nations, namely: A village
' ... ...,,1,1 courage them to perfect a good band, wjy, hous< < and a factory beside a
mail, lie was unmarried ana A good band is a creditable advertise- lake upon which an Indian is paddling
about fifty years of age. ment for a town. It is probable that a canoe. Surrounding the central
, ... . , ... ,, . _ l . star and grouped between its rays shall
This case is one of nearly a Shirley Chapman, the leader of the be £orty.gvc ^maH starg, dividJd int0
dozen of this kind in last year. Reno band and one ol the best fiVG clusters of nine stars each, repre-
musical instructors in the Southwest senting the for.ty-five states of the
Officers are working on the
matter and ti >ing to locate the ^ box supper or other
dives or parties who handle the win probably be given soon
poisoil. ! benefit of the band
will be secured to instruct the boys. Union, to which the forty-sixth is now
t ..i 1 added. In a circular band surrounding
ei entertainment the who|o devjce ghal| ,)(, inscribed
for the: "GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF
OKLAHOMA 11107."
NUMBER 29. j
Say They Will Build.
Messrs. Huber and Niblo,
members of the board of direc-
tors of the Oklahoma City, Shaw-
nee & El Reno Rapid Transit
company, the company that is
contemplating the building of an
electric road from Oklahoma
City, were in Yukon two days
this week confering with some
of our leading citizens relative to
the right of way and bonus for
the new road. The two men
have been working for several
days securing right of way be-
tween Oklahoma City and Yukon
and say they have an unbroken
line from Oklahoma City to
the Bonde corner southeast of
town. The course contemplated
crosses the river at Dead Man's
crossing and runs on the south
side of the section line to the
Bonde corner; thence north
on the cast side of the road to
a point one and one-half miles
east of town. Their desire then
is to come down the section line
through town on Spencer avenue.
Messrs. Huber and Niblo claim
to have all the right of way se-
cured to Bonde's corner. Their
agreement is to begin construc-
tion within a year.
Just what Yukon will be ex-
pected to do in the way of a
bonus has not been ascertained
yet.
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Better Back Up.
The El Reno Democrat of Tues-
day printed the following in its
news columns:
In county court Bruce Ott and
Claude Shepard were tried yesterday
upon a charge of disturbing the peace.
The jury brought in a verdict of ac-
quittal this morning.
It wasn't us. Better back up
A'.lee and make a correction.
Please Correct.
The El Reno Republic printed
the following in Wednesday's
paper:
"Bruce Ott and Claude Shepard were
tried in the county yesterday for dis-
turbing the peace. The jury thought
there must be some mistake in the
case of Bruce he looked so demure and
handsome that the gentleman compos-
ing it, rendered a verdict of not
guilty. Both gentlemen were dis-
charged."
Not guilty Johnson. Please
correct.
Prisoners Released.
The two prisoners who have
been occupying the city jail of
nights and working on the
streets during the day, were dis-
charged last Saturday night by
Judge Dongres. The judge's
reasons for discharging them
before their time had expired
were humane ones. The cells
at the city jail are very small
and poorly ventilated and during
the hot nights they are decided-
ly uncomfortable. The two pris-
oners had worked faithfully and
hizzoner allowed them to go.
Better windows will soon be
placed in the cell rooms so that
good ventilation can be had.
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Separate Waiting Room
The railroad carpenters have
boarded off a section of the wait-
ing room at the depot for the
use of negro passengers
Neither room is big enough to
whip a cat in. Yukon has never
needed a nigger waiting room
for there is not a colored in-
dividual living in the township
About the only negroes who
ever stop here are hoboes going
through and they do not tarry
long.
Taxes.
Last half 1907 taxes becomes
delinquent June 15. You can
pay them at the Farmers &
I Merchants Bank.
TO VOTE SCHOOL BONDS
Petition is Being- Circulated Calling
For an Election to Be Held
July 28.
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F. C. McKinney, a member cjf
the school board, has been cir-
culating a petition this week to
secure signers for authorizing
the board to call an election on
July 28 for the purpose of voting
$G,400 worth of school bonds.
The money is to be used to build
two additional rooms to the pres-
ent building; to build a basement
and install a heating and ventila-
ting plant; to cement the outside
walls of the entire building; ti)
put on a new roof complete and
to remodel the stairways.
The board has had several con-
ferences with an architect rela-
tive to the improvements, and
t he estimated cost is $G,400. The
bonds are to run for twenty
years and not to be sold for less
than ninety-five cents on the
dollar.
Many signers have been set-
cured and the election will tak6
place on the same day of the
regular school meeting, when
one new director will be chosen.
More room is needed at th£
school building and while they
are being added it is thought
best to add other needed im-
provements.
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Another Interurban.
The El Reno Interurban Rail-
way Co., has been chartered to
build an interurban electric rail-
way from El Reno via. Okla-
homa City to Shawnee, Okla.;
also from El Reno to Chickasha,
El Reno to Clinton and El Rano
to Enid; total mileage 250 miles.
Directors James W. Maney of
Oklahoma City; Henry Schafer,
Herman K. Schafer, Herman
Dilmer and Thomas F. Blake, all
of El Reno, This is the same
company that has been working
here, but a new charter was
necessary under the new law.
El Reno American.
  
With the Builders.
Oscar Kenneday has pur-
chased lots north of the opera
house and will build a cottage.
Mrs. Mary Nelson is having
repairs made to her residence in
South Yukon.
Mrs. Henderson has pur-
chased lots in the west part of
town and will soon commence
the construction of a commor.
dious residence.
C. G. Meade who residence
northeast of Yukon is having ex-
tensive repairs made to his farm
buildings.
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Found Not Guilty.
Clyde Shepard and Chub Ott,
who were arrested several-
months ago charged with drunk-'
enness and disturbing the peace
here, were arraigned for trial in
the county court at El Reno
Monday. The jury returned a
verdict of not guilty. The
case against Wm. May for the
same offense was dismissed.
A Wrong Impression.
An impression is held by some
of the people that the proceeds
of the home talent show given
by the Yukon Dramactic Club
went to the band. The band
boys requests the editor to cor-
rect the impression. The play
was not given for the benefit of
the band.
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Joe Colan, who was injured several
week ago by having his foot caught in
the sickle of a mower, and who was
later taken to the hospital at Okla-
homa City is improving.